Australian Sign Language

🇦🇺 Auslan
  • Content provider
    SYNTAX
    • Gabrielle Hodge
    PHONOLOGY + LEXICON
    • Trevor Johnston
    Acknowledgements:
    The answers provided here were drawn from research on the Auslan lexicon published in the Auslan dictionary in book format (Johnston T (ed) 1998 Signs of Australia: A new dictionary of Auslan (Australian Sign Language), North Rocks Press: Sydney) and internet site (Johnston, T., & Cassidy, S. (2008). Auslan Signbank (http://www.auslan.org.au). Sydney: Macquarie University & Trevor Johnston; and from published research on the Auslan Corpus (Johnston, T. (2008). The Auslan Archive and Corpus. In D. Nathan (Ed.), The Endangered Languages Archive—http://elar.soas.ac.uk/languages. London: Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Documentation Project, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.) The sign videos were taken from Auslan Signbank.
  • Phonology
    B1.1. Handshape – Active articulators
    Handshapes used in

    Handshapes used in lexical signs

    hs_index
    hs_indexoncircle
    hs_indexoncup
    hs_indexbent
    hs_indexhingeonfistlow
    hs_indexmiddle
    hs_indexmiddlebent
    hs_indexmiddleunit
    hs_indexupmiddlehinge
    hs_indexmiddlecross
    hs_indexmiddlethumb
    hs_indexmiddlethumbbent
    hs_indexmiddleunitcup
    hs_indexmiddleunithinge
    hs_indexmiddlethumbangle
    hs_indexmiddlethumbcup
    hs_indexmiddlethumbhinge
    hs_indexmiddleunithingethumbside
    hs_indexmiddleunitthumbside
    hs_fivefingersspread
    hs_fivefingersspreadfourbent
    hs_fourfingers
    hs_fourfingersunitclaw
    hs_fourfingersunithinge
    hs_cupopen
    hs_cupopennothumb
    hs_curlicue
    hs_fivefingersspreadcup
    hs_flat
    hs_flatthumbforward
    hs_angle
    hs_circle
    hs_hinge
    hs_hingenothumb
    hs_indexmiddlering
    hs_indexmiddleringbent
    hs_indexmiddleringunit
    hs_indexmiddleringunithinge
    hs_babydown
    hs_babyindex
    hs_babyindexthumbonhinge
    hs_babythumb
    hs_babyup
    hs_middleup
    hs_indexthumbhook
    hs_indexthumbside
    hs_middleringbabyonangleout
    hs_middleringbabyoncircle
    hs_indexthumbangle
    hs_indexthumbcircle
    hs_indexthumbcupopen
    hs_indexthumbcurlicue
    hs_indexthumbcurvethumbunder
    hs_indexthumbhinge
    hs_thumb
    hs_fist
    hs_thumbsideunit

    Handshapes used in classifier constructions

    hs_index
    hs_indexonangle
    hs_indexoncup
    hs_indexbent
    hs_indexhingeonfistlow
    hs_indexmiddle
    hs_indexmiddlebent
    hs_indexmiddleunit
    hs_indexmiddlethumb
    hs_indexmiddlethumbbent
    hs_indexmiddleunitcup
    hs_indexmiddleunithinge
    hs_indexmiddlethumbangle
    hs_indexmiddlethumbcup
    hs_indexmiddlethumbhinge
    hs_indexmiddleunithingethumbside
    hs_indexmiddleunitthumbside
    hs_fivefingersspread
    hs_fivefingersspreadfourbent
    hs_fourfingers
    hs_fourfingershinge
    hs_fourfingersunithinge
    hs_cupopen
    hs_cupopennothumb
    hs_curlicue
    hs_fivefingersspreadcup
    hs_flat
    hs_flatthumbforward
    hs_angle
    hs_circle
    hs_hinge
    hs_hingenothumb
    hs_indexmiddlering
    hs_babyindex
    hs_babythumb
    hs_babyup
    hs_indexthumbhook
    hs_indexthumbside
    hs_middleringbabyoncircle
    hs_indexthumbangle
    hs_indexthumbcircle
    hs_indexthumbcupopen
    hs_indexthumbcurvethumbunder
    hs_indexthumbhinge
    hs_thumb
    hs_fist
    hs_thumbsideunit